Scottish Ancestors
4 Trows Farm Cottages, Kelso TD5 8LX
Email:  carolynramsbottom@yahoo.co.uk

Would you like to trace your family's Scottish history but don't have the time or know how to research it yourself?

Are you curious about your Scottish ancestors, the events and places that shaped their lives?

Have you already started your family tree, made some progress, but not sure what to do next?

Do you live outside Scotland and have some difficulty accessing the record sources?

If so, send me an e-mail explaining what you already know, and what you would like to achieve. I will reply as soon as possible,letting you know how I can help and how much it would cost.
                                                                              

A researcher with over 20 years experience I search only authentic records from Scotland's main record office, New Register House, including birth, death and marriages certificates, census returns, parish registers and tombstone inscriptions.

I can also search for your Northumberland ancestors in the Northumberland County Record Office.

I charged £15.00 an hour plus the cost of any certificates obtained.

Payment is not required until the work is completed and I accept sterling cheques or if you wish to pay by credit card using Paypal please let me
know and I will send instructions on how to pay.  (You do not need a Paypal account to use this method)


I can also research the meaning and origin of your family surname
         the findings can be sent to you by email (as a word document or pdf file for £1.00) or printed out onto a decorative scroll (cost £3.50).
                        These will not include
                                                A detailed history of your name back to the time of William the Conqueror. For most ordinary folk hereditary family names did not come into
                                                existence in Britain and Ireland until the 12th or 13th century and in many cases much later.
          
                                                Telephone or electoral roll lists of people who bear or bore your family name.

                                                Details of the coat of arms associated with your surname. In Great Britain and Ireland coats of arms are granted to individuals and only that person and
                                                their direct descendants have the right to claim a particular coat of arms.  There is no such thing as a coat of arms for a family name.
                                                It is why there is often more than one coat of arms associated with a given family name.  If you believe you may be related to someone who has or had
                                                the right to bear arms then you should contact a reputable company such as Burke’s Peerage who can research your connection for you.